I am going out to get a Beretta semi-auto 12ga with synthetic stock
it is the 3901 version with a 28 inch barrel.

Really excited and it is on sale right now for $579.

I have never owned a gas shotgun, what sort of oil/grease/lube should I use before I use it?

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OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
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""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

Mine came with a bottle of "Beretta Oil" - looks like your basic CLP or Remoil. Your main concern will be understanding how to do a thorough cleaning - There are major differences between the 390, 391, and A400 series as they changed the gas system each time

For the barrel inside, I use the red can of brake cleaner and a brush on a rod in a cordless drill followed by a patch or three and use the oil in the gas area after wiping it down

most any gun solvent will do the job - I know my buddy Oneounce likes brake cleaner ...and its fine in moderation - but be careful if you use that stuff...it might attack the finish on the barrel, etc... ( personally I use Shooters Choice shotgun and choke tube cleaner ) on the inside and outside of all my shotguns ( it won't hurt the finish on a wood stock either ).

Make sure you take the choke tube out of the barrel ...on new guns - you need to clean the threads inside the barrel real well / and on the choke itself ....and lube them to the point / where that choke tube will go in and out with just finger pressure ( put finger inside choke tube ) to screw it in and out ....and keep after it until it goes in and out real smoothly .....

On semi-autos / when I take the trigger group out of the gun ...I just spritz it really lightly with a light weight oil like Rem Oil ....but I use Break Free on all the rails, etc / barrel to receiver connection ...and all that.

I hope most everyone knows that .... (my buddy OneOunce is just frugal ..) ...and it does work real well .....but I'm too sloppy to trust myself to use brake cleaner and not get it on the outside of the barrel or on the receiver or something ...and it would aggravate me ....

I just came home with the gun and it did not have any oil so it looks like I am going to have to get some tomorrow.

But tonight I am going to take it apart and see what I can do with it.

__________________
""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

__________________
""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

All you should have to do is to pull the charging handle straight out of the bolt... There is no magic to it... I of course assume that you have disassembled the shotgun by removing the magazine cap, forearm, misc. parts, and barrel... Then just pull straight out...

I have also been having issues with my 10/22 getting the screws out of the receiver so I am going to also ask about that.

Bummer

__________________
""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

Brought both of them to the gun smith. He showed me a few tricks for taking apart the beretta.

Hope to get that done sometime today.

__________________
""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

You might also want to download the owner's manual if you didn't get one as well. Besides the lawyer speak for the first half of it, it does have some good basic info on the gun and how operate/maintain it

But even it said that it would be really hard to pull out the charging handle (it said use pliers). Even the gun smith found it rather challenging.

But now that I have seen it done it makes me atleast feel better. Now I have to flip the safety at some point.

I do have the manual but it just said to pop it out, no indication on how tight it would be...

__________________
""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

If it becomes too loose, then it will go flying somewhere when you fire the gun - a friend, on his older 303, has a piece of bright orange survey tape on his handle for just that reason - makes it easier to find in the grass.....

Also - make sure to keep the gas ports clean, especially if you like to shoot light loads - some solvent, compressed air (I use the computer stuff with the straw) - good to go

did one round of trap and one round of skeet (first time not doing normal hand throws...)

9 for trap
15 for skeet (I like skeet), the person pulling them gave a few pointers but when I used them I missed But then I did what I was going before and it felt natural and I was able to hit them. I even got some of the doubles!

__________________
""I would say that we have to make up criteria."
OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon?
Show your work and round to the nearest decimal."-Mike Irwin

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